BOYD v. GULFPORT MUN. SEPARATE SCHOOL DIST.

No. 86-4392.

821 F.2d 308 (1987)

Thomas BOYD, a minor, By and Through his father and next friend, Robert BOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULFPORT MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Sam Owen, Ben F. Galloway, Owen & Galloway, Gulfport, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Owen T. Palmer, Jr., Edward R. Gaines, Gulfport, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, RUBIN, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the plaintiff, Boyd, can sue the Gulf Port Municipal Separate School District for injuries allegedly sustained when he was attacked in the parking lot of the school stadium after attending a football game as a paying patron. He claims the School District was negligent in failing to provide a reasonably safe area from which to depart the stadium. The district court granted the school's summary...

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